Officials: 6 Oklahomans have died as flu season continues across the country

Officials: 6 Oklahomans have died as flu season continues across the country

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OKLAHOMA CITY – The flu continues to take a toll on Oklahomans as flu season spreads through the state.

On Thursday, the Oklahoma State Department of Health announced that six people have died from the flu since Sept. 1. According to health department data, all but one of the deaths occurred in patients who were at least 65-years-old. The other patient who died from the virus was between 50-years-old and 64-years-old.

So far, 134 people have been hospitalized because of the flu virus.

Health department data shows that most of the patients were from Tulsa County as 33 people were hospitalized there. Oklahoma County had the second most hospitalizations with 10, followed by Bryan County with nine.

Experts say flu activity will likely increase between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so the health department says there is still time to get a flu shot to avoid the illness.